Mistrial declared in attempted shooting case of Black FedEx driver

The judge said he declared the mistrial due to the errors of a police detective during his investigation and testimony.

• Aug 17, 2023

What is conservatorship? Michael Oher's case, explained.

A conservator typically has authority​ over the finances and personal affairs of the person they're overseeing.

• Aug 15, 2023

Ex-cops plead guilty to state charges in racist assault on 2 Black men

The White Mississippi officers mocked two Black men with racial slurs throughout a 90-minute torture session, then devised a cover-up that included planting drugs and a gun, prosecutors say.

• Aug 14, 2023

Ex-Mississippi officers plead guilty over racist assault on 2 Black men

Court documents said the six White former law enforcement officers in Mississippi called themselves the "Goon Squad" "because of their willingness to use excessive force" and "not to report it."

• Aug 3, 2023

Man gets 40 years for escaping shortly before end of 7-year prison term

Shunekndrick Huffman broke out of a correctional facility and held three people at gunpoint last year before being recaptured, authorities said.

• Aug 1, 2023

Emmett Till monument to include 3 sites

President Biden is signing a proclamation Tuesday establishing a national monument for Emmett Till and his mother. The announcement comes on what would have been Till's 82nd birthday. This land in Mississippi, known as Graball Landing, is where Till's brutally beaten body was found in 1955. It will soon be one of three sites for the monument. Elise Preston traveled to those locations and spoke to the people who fought for years to make this a reality.

• Jul 25, 2023
• 04:28

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Experts meet to decide on Johnson & Johnson vaccine; Water crisis plagues Jackson, Mississippi

• Apr 23, 2021
• 40:56

White House to establish national monument honoring Emmett Till

The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument will include locations at three sites in Mississippi and Illinois, CBS News has learned.

• Jul 24, 2023

16-year-old dies while operating equipment at Miss. poultry plant

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, has launched an investigation into the teen's death.

• Jul 19, 2023

5 deputies in alleged violent episode against 2 Black men fired or quit

The men say the Mississippi deputies beat them, sexually assaulted them and Tasered them repeatedly before one of them was shot in the mouth.

• Jun 28, 2023

OB-GYN creates baby delivery training program

Dr. Rachel Morris, an OB-GYN based in Jackson, Mississippi, is responding to worries about worsening maternal care in the state by launching a program that trains emergency workers on how to deliver babies. Caitlin Huey-Burns has the details.

• Jun 24, 2023
• 04:03

Dangerously high temperatures hit South as thousands remain without power

Residents without power in Oklahoma waited in long gas lines so they could fill up generators or use their car's air conditioning.

• Jun 20, 2023

A look at Mississippi care one year after Dobbs

In the year since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, Mississippi has seen several labor and delivery units shutter. Critics say that, despite new legislation expanding postpartum Medicaid and encouraging adoption, the state isn't doing enough to meet the crisis of infant and maternal mortality. Caitlin Huey-Burns takes a look at how families and doctors are managing for the series "After Roe: One Year."

• Jun 20, 2023
• 02:31

How the state's abortion ban has impacted Mississippi

As labor and delivery units across the state shutter, one doctor has started a program to help train emergency workers to deliver babies.

• Jun 20, 2023

Extreme weather pummeling southern U.S.

Residents in Jasper County, Mississippi, are facing the aftermath of a powerful tornado that ripped apart homes and other buildings. It was one of more than 20 confirmed tornadoes in the U.S. since Friday. At the same time, other parts of the South are dealing with intense heat. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca has more from Dallas.

• Jun 20, 2023
• 05:07

1 dead, at least 18 injured after tornado hits Mississippi town

Officials estimated that 20 or 30 homes in the area were either significantly damaged or destroyed by a tornado in Jasper County overnight.

• Jun 19, 2023

Police officer who shot 11-year-old boy suspended without pay

Sgt. Greg Capers had previously been suspended with pay after shooting Aderrien Murry in May.

• Jun 13, 2023

2 dead after plane crash in Mississippi

Tupelo Fire Department Sergeant Michael Moody confirmed the deaths to CBS News.

• Jun 3, 2023

Family of 11-year-old Mississippi boy shot by police sues for $5 million

The lawsuit alleges that the 911 dispatcher was told there were children in the home and that law enforcement didn't "assess the situation" properly before discharging the firearm.

• May 30, 2023

1 of 2 escapees from Miss. jail caught; 4 others broke out weeks ago

Officials noticed Joseph Spring and Michael Lewis, both 31, were missing during the morning headcount at Mississippi's Raymond Detention Center.

• May 30, 2023

11-year-old boy shot by police in home

A Mississippi police officer shot an 11-year-old boy in his own home. His family says the middle schooler was following an officer's orders when he was shot. Omar Villafranca reports.

• May 26, 2023
• 01:57

Family of 11-year-old shot by police calls for release of bodycam footage

Aderrien Murry was shot in the chest by an Indianola police officer after law enforcement was called to the home for a domestic disturbance, the victim's family said.

• May 25, 2023

Police shoot 11-year-old in Mississippi

An 11-year-old boy, Aderrien Murry, is home recovering after being shot by a police officer in Indianola, Mississippi, over the weekend. Murry's family is calling for the release of body cam footage from the incident. Omar Villafranca has more.

• May 25, 2023
• 04:21

3 former officers indicted in death of Black man while in custody

Keith Murriel, 41, died in custody after his arrest on New Year's Eve. Body camera footage showed officers pinning him down and tasing him repeatedly.

• May 25, 2023

Mississippi trans teen not allowed to wear dress at graduation, officials say

The lawsuit said that school administrators refused to allow the transgender teen to wear a dress even though she "had entered high school as a girl and has lived every aspect of her high school career as a girl."

• May 20, 2023

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